Re: Newbie Q: LiveCode Forum

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Re: use-livecode Digest, Vol 88, Issue 22

On 11 Jan 2011, at 5:36 am, use-livecode-requ...@lists.runrev.com wrote: > I'll leave it up to the psychologists on this list to examine my insanity > from that :-) 'Fraid that's it. Certified Mental ;-) (for a framed copy of the certificate for only $99.99, contact me off list) Best Wish

Re: Rev Icons

--Rev's icon picker will display images that appear in the current stack if you choose "This Stack" from the ---popup menu. But (if I remember right) it won't display images in any other stacks, even if they are in the message hierarchy. You need to make a stack the current one to see what imag

Required: shell scripting wizard!

Actually maybe it is not so hard :) I want to create a way to launch LiveCode using shell, but also to pass to it a url in the first param of the shell command. As I don't think you can do this directly anymore using shell scritps written in LiveCode - I think I need to write a bash script and set

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

>From the command line if you do yourApp http://www.google.com $1 will contain the url. Works the same from a bash script. #!/bin/bash path/to/yourApp $1 -- will call your app using parameter 1 as parameter 1 inside the app. -- Access it the same way within the app itself using $1 $1 is actuall

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

Nvm, its early and I just re-iterated what you aleady know you need to do. *goes back to bed* On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Mike Bonner wrote: > From the command line if you do yourApp http://www.google.com > > $1 will contain the url. Works the same from a bash script. > > #!/bin/bash > pat

Re: Global in debugger redux

Mark. Good point. Is there a document somewhere that, like the dictionary, explains these UI variables? Craig In a message dated 1/13/11 9:46:03 PM, mwie...@ahsoftware.net writes: > gREVDevelopment > ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@list

Re: LiveCode Newbie questions

On 13.01.2011 at 16:05 Uhr -0600 Calvin Waterbury apparently wrote: Do you know if I purchase the personal license and code in it until I am ready to go commercial and *then* upgrade to a commercial license, will my apps upgrade too or will I have to recode/recompile?? Calvin, As far as

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

David, I don't understand. Do you want to launch livecode or a web browser? Andre On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:54 AM, David Bovill wrote: > Actually maybe it is not so hard :) I want to  create a way to launch > LiveCode using shell, but also to pass to it a url in the first param of the > shell

Re: Newbie Q: LiveCode Forum

Calvin Waterbury wrote: I was wondering who here frequents the LC forum? I'm curious because I have tried to keep up with this list. It reminds me of 1982 when I tried to read every article in the "Wall Street Journal!" Whoosh! I never made through one issue and once, I started "stacking up

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

Thanks Mike - can't I get paid more than that? What about $2 :) Now I wonder what happens if Livecode is already open hmmm that's not going to work - it just opens another instance... is usppose the only way is to have LiveCode Run a server? On 14 January 2011 15:29, Andre Garzia wrote: > Da

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

Since i've realized I'm not sure what you mean, i'll cover more bases. In windows a batch file like the following: start /D"C:\Program Files (x86)\RunRev\LiveCode 4.5.3" livecode.exe %1 start %1 Will on the first line, launch livecode (first define the directory, then the executable itself, then

Re: Newbie Q: LiveCode Forum

> Since you're learning LC as a second language, I hope the readers here will > indulge another copy of what I've found, after teaching this tool and > related dialects for so long, to be the progression through the learning > curve for getting started with this weird beast: > >   Day one:     "Wha

Re: Newbie Q: LiveCode Forum

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Calvin Waterbury wrote: > >> I was wondering who here frequents the LC forum? >> >> I'm curious because I have tried to keep up with this list.  It reminds >> me of 1982 when I tried to read every article in the "Wall Street >> Journal!"  Wh

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

Ah. Maybe a plugin thats set to start with LC that listens to a socket? Or checks an env variable ever so often, or a file for changes, or a combination of these such as hit a listening port in your plugin and check a file/var whatever. As for the multiple instances problem, if you go with the pl

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Bob Cole wrote: > I may use this myself in my copious free time. :) Funny -- and informative :-) in the field script, add: on mouseup revDocumentationGo (the selectedtext of me) end mouseup and add a vertical scrollbar to that field ___ use-live

Re: Newbie Q: LiveCode Forum

On Jan 14, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Andre Garzia wrote: > Six years: "I want a message path for my LIFE!" N Surprises can be a fun. A scripted life might be boring. Life is Good, sims ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.c

LiveCode Player news?

Hi there, Is there any news on the new LiveCode Player? Development or possible release date? Or is that not to be discussed on this list? I really want it :-) Greetings, William ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please vis

Re: Windows code signing

This is one of the reasons we did not switch to Vista or Windows 7. In XP signing was optional. In Vista and 7 it is mandatory. This is akin to malware infecting your computer and then charging you for a utility to "fix" it. It's only slightly better in that it will run without continually naggi

Re: Rev Icons

Have you looked at the Image Library under the development menu? I imported a set of icons that I use across several applications. From the library, you can place either an image or a button with it's icon set to an image on any card in your app. I don;t think you can edit the image from with

a help ..

i am at the beginning... p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; min-

Getprop/Setprop question

I'm probably missing something obvious here but in a setprop or getprop handler, how can I find out the object whose property is being set/get, assuming the getprop/setprop is not in property owner's script? For example, if I have the following line of code in a script: put the xyz of field "a

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

On 1/12/11 11:01 PM, Bob Cole wrote: Thanks to Jacque's suggestions, I was able to construct a stack that lets you display a random page from the Dictionary. I just uploaded it to RevOnline as "Dictionary Random Picks." I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally

Re: Rev Icons

I think he is after a kind of Adobe approach where you edit a linked file and every document that uses that file updates itself. The only thing I can think of is to name the icon image, and in a preOpencard handler (maybe in the stack script) set the icon of the buttons to the image name. If yo

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: > I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally > discovered "synchrate"** which I never knew existed. :) And blinkRate! My blinkRate increased after reading about the synchRate. Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media

Re: Getprop/Setprop question

Ask for the target in your handler. on mouseUp set the superDuper of this card to "" end mouseUp on setProp superDuper put the target end setProp ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsub

Re: Windows code signing

Bob Sneidar wrote: > This is one of the reasons we did not switch to Vista or Windows 7. > In XP signing was optional. In Vista and 7 it is mandatory. This is > akin to malware infecting your computer and then charging you for a > utility to "fix" it. It's only slightly better in that it will run

Re: Windows code signing

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Security is a real issue on all OSes, and this provide one way to certify > that an app is what it says it is for just a one-time fee, without having to > give up 30% of your annual income to the OS vendor in perpetuity. ;) > It is actually

Re: Getprop/Setprop question

Thanks. I knew I was missing something obvious! Pete Haworth On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:42 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: > Ask for the target in your handler. > > on mouseUp > set the superDuper of this card to "" > end mouseUp > > on setProp superDuper > put the target > end setProp > _

Re: Windows code signing

Whoa a one time fee? I thought the certificate was a one year certificate? Bob On Jan 14, 2011, at 10:51 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > This is one of the reasons we did not switch to Vista or Windows 7. > > In XP signing was optional. In Vista and 7 it is mandatory. This

Re: Windows code signing

In a sense, all retailers work like that. If I decide to retail my product for $100, there's no way the retail outlet is going to want to pay that much. They will want to buy it for significantly less. If you want to compensate for what Apple charges to retail your products, simply charge 30% mo

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

On 1/14/11 12:40 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally discovered "synchrate"** which I never knew existed. :) And blinkRate! My blinkRate increased after reading about the synchRate. Wow. Me eith

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

I wonder if we could make this work for some kind of mind control stack... Bob On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:23 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 1/14/11 12:40 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: >> Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: >> >>> I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally >>

Re: Windows code signing

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: >> If you want to compensate for what Apple charges to retail your products, >> simply charge 30% more for it. > > Bob ...or tell Apple and/or the visionary Mr. Jobs to mind his/their own business, continuing to do what developers have done for

Re: Windows code signing

On 1/14/11 1:14 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: Whoa a one time fee? I thought the certificate was a one year certificate? According to what I've read, you do need to renew the certificate after it expires. You can purchase certificates for 1,2, or 3 year periods. But if you date your app (there's som

Re: LiveCode Newbie questions

Hi Calvin, Congratulations for this first version of your application! :-D I noticed that you wrote in this page: http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=23881.0 "Attention: If anyone who is fluent in foreign language would be interested in making a non-English version, I would be ha

Re: Windows code signing and *Sales*

Hello Product Developers, I think I'll jump in here... Why not just open your own store? Yes, it is slow starting out, but word-of-mouth is the best advertising around. Do a spread sheet and see if the lack of income in the beginning would be made up for once you start getting some sales wh

Re: a help ..

On 1/14/11 11:38 AM, bacches...@tin.it wrote: i am at the beginning... p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial} p.p4 {margin: 0.0

Re: Windows code signing

The renewal is for the ability to sign apps. Once an executable is signed it is signed forever. If you make a new standalone that will need to be signed. Bill Sent from my iPhone On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Whoa a one time fee? I thought the certificate was a one yea

Re: Windows code signing

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote: > The renewal is for the ability to sign apps. Once an executable is signed > it is signed forever. > One caveat - It is signed forever as long as you use the timestamp server. If you forget to do that during the code signing process then the a

Re: Windows code signing

Trevor DeVore wrote: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Security is a real issue on all OSes, and this provide one way to certify that an app is what it says it is for just a one-time fee, without having to give up 30% of your annual income to the OS vendor in perpetuity. ;

Re: LiveCode Newbie questions

Hi Alejandro, Thank you for trying it out and I am glad you liked it. Yes, I would be very happy to collaborate on this, but let's hold off until I get "VeggieSquares" to v.1.00. When the time comes, I can send you all the related text{?} files for you to translate. Be advised the existing

Re: Windows code signing

David C. wrote: On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:16 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: If you want to compensate for what Apple charges to retail your products, simply charge 30% more for it. Bob More than a few are considering it, or dropping features in the App Store version and offering a more attractiv

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

...you already have it installed, Neo. ...the Matrix has you. On 14 Jan 2011, at 19:31, Bob Sneidar wrote: > I wonder if we could make this work for some kind of mind control stack... > > Bob > > > On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:23 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > >> On 1/14/11 12:40 PM, Scott Rossi wrot

Re: Required: shell scripting wizard!

Hmmm... I wander if simply polling for an environmental variable change will work. In the current case I know that LiveCode is open - I just want the external command line program to redirect the browser call back to Livecode and not open up another browser. On 14 January 2011 16:11, Mike Bonner

Re: Windows code signing

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> Yes, it's once per year/two years/three years, whichever you choose. > Rather like Apple's annual developer program fee. > > But it's not 30% each time you make a sale. ;) True, but Commodo isn't helping me sell my product to every mac

Re: Windows code signing

Then developers won't use it, end users won't like it, and all will be well with the world. What's wrong with that? Steve Jobs is not FORCING people to sell their software this way. If he was, THEN you would have a gripe. You may as well complain that you can get food online now, instead of the

Re: Windows code signing

I bet he was hoping that Software Certification was going to take some heat off of himself! Bob On Jan 14, 2011, at 11:37 AM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > I understand why MS needs to do this, given the tremendous amount of malware > aimed at that OS, but I feel abused by it and I want to be mad a

Printing and RevBrowser

Greetings, Anybody know how to work this with 'open printing' or even better, with with 'open printing to PDF'? My main goal is to suppress the print dialog window for each call in a repeat loop to revBrowserPrint. Thanks, Ra Horsley LinkIt! Software __

Re: Windows code signing

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > Then developers won't use it, end users won't like it, and all will be well > with the world. What's wrong with that? Steve Jobs is not FORCING people to > sell their software this way. If he was, THEN you would have a gripe. You may > as we

Re: Windows code signing

Trevor DeVore wrote: Will the App Store be worth it for developers in the end? We will see. I want to be in there to find out though. Me too. Your question answers itself in the long view: As the months become years, there will be no viable alternative for those who wish to include the Mac

Re: Windows code signing

On Jan 14, 2011, at 1:15 PM, David C. wrote: > Hey Bob, > I probably worded my reply "heavier" than it was actually intended... > ...I just love as much freedom as possible, in all that I do. No worries. I love freedom too, I just hate the freedom that those who write malware seem to feel they h

Export Snapshot (iOS)

Hi all. In a script I want to export a screenshot to a file. This works fine and without any problem until I leave the card, go to a special other card and then turn back. Then the export fails and the script stops without any info in "the result". This happens with JPEG and PNG, I tried both:

Re: Codesign Error (Mac)

Well I've finally worked some things out, so thought I'd share them here to possibly spare someone else a trip to the Hair Loss Clinic. My code signing issue had to do with my certificates. I went into Keychain and on my certificates from Apple I changed the "Trust" setting to "Use System Defa

Incrementing indexes or putting empty into an array

For a long time I've incremente indexes with a line_Add or line_Insert function - now that I'm optimising things for release I've started doing the following: repeat for each line someLine in someText process someLine put empty into lineArray [someLine] end repeat put keys (lineArray) into uns

Is this doable at a newbie level?

Hi, The below features list is for a small utility I *need* right now, but I can wait long enough to code it. ;) Please, resist the urge to whip out the code and post it. I want to try something myself. I *know* this can be done in LC. What I am asking is if you think the following can b

Re: Is this doable at a newbie level?

If you look in the Dictionary, under date you will find several items, the date function, the dateFormat function, the datetime keyword, and the dateItems keyword. Also, if you look for clipboard you will find the clipBoardData property. Between all this and some experimentation you should be

Re: Is this doable at a newbie level?

Bob Sneidar wrote: > Your stack should have it's systemWindow property set to true, but > this will only float it above other LiveCode stacks. I don't think > there is a way to make it float above every application in the OS, > but I might be wrong there. Floats above all windows, even those fro

Re: Is this doable at a newbie level?

Hi Bob - See below... Bob Sneidar Friday, January 14, 2011 6:51 PM If you look in the Dictionary, under date you will find several items, the date function, the dateFormat function, the da

Re: Is this doable at a newbie level?

Great! Another item off my todo list! Thanks, Richard! Calvin Richard Gaskin Friday, January 14, 2011 7:01 PM Bob Sneidar wrote: > Your stack should have it's systemWindow p

Any Convention on Naming Conventions?

Hello, I have spent some time perusing the articles on "Naming Conventions," but I did not discover anything about mutual agreement on the subject (maybe I missed it?). Is there any universally accepted and agreed on "Naming Convention" I should adopt? Thank you, Calvin __

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Really nice! :-) I downloaded it from this page: http://revonline2.runrev.com/stack/537/Dictionary-Random-Picks Alejandro -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Dictionary-Random-Picks-now-on-RevOnline-tp3215244p3218624.html Sent from the Revolution - U

Re: Any Convention on Naming Conventions?

Everyone has their own. I name variables beginning with the, as in theSQL, but others will tell you this is bad practice because if I put a space between the and everything else, LiveCode will think I am talking about a property! DOH! I'm a bad, bad programmer. SBT Accounting used to have all va

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Wow! I just discovered the "if" command! What a powerful thing this is! Why this opens up a whole new world of possibil... ok none of you are buying this are you? Bob On Jan 14, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Alejandro Tejada wrote: > > Really nice! :-) > > I downloaded it from this page: > http://revon

No Check Box in the Dictionary??

Hi, I don't mean to be picky, but neither "checkbox" nor "check box" is in the dictionary. If I missed something, please tell me? FYI - I only have access to the trial version. Fair winds, Calvin ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.ru

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Bob, many programs shows, at start up a Window with Tips and Tricks. A window that shows a random page of the dictionary is fine too, at least from my point of view. :-) Al -- View this message in context: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Dictionary-Random-Picks-now-on-RevOnline

Re: Any Convention on Naming Conventions?

Calvin- Friday, January 14, 2011, 5:14:40 PM, you wrote: > Hello, > I have spent some time perusing the articles on "Naming Conventions," > but I did not discover anything about mutual agreement on the subject > (maybe I missed it?). > Is there any universally accepted and agreed on "Naming Con

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Scott- Friday, January 14, 2011, 10:40:33 AM, you wrote: > Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: >> I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally >> discovered "synchrate"** which I never knew existed. :) > And blinkRate! My blinkRate increased after reading about the

Re: Any Convention on Naming Conventions?

Hey Mark, Thanks! I had already read the first one, courtesy of David C., but the second link is fresh territory! @Richard - Nice! Fair winds, Calvin Mark Wieder Friday, Januar

Re: No Check Box in the Dictionary??

Look at "style" - it's a button style. Phil On 1/14/11 5:49 PM, Calvin Waterbury wrote: Hi, I don't mean to be picky, but neither "checkbox" nor "check box" is in the dictionary. If I missed something, please tell me? FYI - I only have access to the trial version. Fair winds, Calvin

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

Recently, Mark Wieder wrote: > Friday, January 14, 2011, 10:40:33 AM, you wrote: > >> Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: > >>> I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally >>> discovered "synchrate"** which I never knew existed. :) > >> And blinkRate! My blinkRate

Re: Is this doable at a newbie level?

On 1/14/11 7:06 PM, Calvin Waterbury wrote: Hmmm... it needs to have the "Always On Top" option available, or I could try to program it into the Windows 7 Right-Click context menu, but that sounds advanced, I think? I think you already have a lead on the "always on top" part, but I just wante

Re: No Check Box in the Dictionary??

On 1/14/11 7:49 PM, Calvin Waterbury wrote: Hi, I don't mean to be picky, but neither "checkbox" nor "check box" is in the dictionary. If I missed something, please tell me? It isn't obvious. Those are button styles, so search for "style", though that won't tell you too much. Anything in part

Re: Dictionary Random Picks - now on RevOnline

On 1/14/11 8:37 PM, Scott Rossi wrote: Recently, Mark Wieder wrote: Friday, January 14, 2011, 10:40:33 AM, you wrote: Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote: I finally got around to taking a look. Nice job. In fact, I accidentally discovered "synchrate"** which I never knew existed. :) And

Re: Global in debugger redux

Craig- Friday, January 14, 2011, 6:37:14 AM, you wrote: > Is there a document somewhere that, like the dictionary, explains these UI > variables? Ho - then they wouldn't be undocumented, would they? Gotta have *some* secrets. -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net _